The machine is a prototype of a Vacuum Apple Harvester. It would cost about $150,000, but when the harvest numbers are up, equipment can start looking good.

Fuji apples softly enter bins via the rubberized bin filler of the Bandit Xpress-DBR harvest assist machine at Valicoff Fruit Co., Wapato, Wash. WAPATO, Wash. — It was a tight squeeze in the 10 ...

With rising production costs for Michigan growers, Michigan State has teamed up with the USDA to create a robotic apple picker.

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Thousands of people are expected to turn out this weekend for the national Apple Harvest Festival in Adams County. It is the 60th year of the event, which is held at the South Mountain Fairgrounds ...